The “Endangerment Finding” (EF) created in 2009, by the Obama-Biden Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and placed on steroids by the Biden-Harris administration, allowed the...
Trump’s EPA Ends Obama-Era “Endangerment Finding”
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President Trump Ends the Muleshoe 30×30 Plan
American Stewards of Liberty is pleased to deliver an update on an issue we've been battling for the past 12 months. Today, the Trump Administration canceled the Land Protection...
Conservation Virtue Signaling of Netflix and Meta Exposed
In order to comply with the “net zero” agenda, Netflix and Meta (formerly Facebook) have been preventing goat herders in Kenya from grazing tens of thousands of acres. All so...
Secretary Rollins Restores USDA’s Core Mission
Last week, Secretary Brooke Rollins issued a sweeping reorganization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) “refocusing its core operations to better align with its...
Environmentalists Sue Over Border Wall
The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) has sued Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem for waiving several environmental laws, including the Endangered Species Act and the National...
NASA Removes the National Climate Assessment
NASA will no longer post climate data from the National Climate Assessment’s (NCA) website because they rightfully claim their assessments are politically driven and lacking in...
Online Real Estate Sites Attack Land Values and Ownership
According to a senior investigative reporter, Kevin Mooney, the First Street Foundation, a government-funded organization, is pushing “climate risk data” to online real estate...
Kansas County Commissioners Call for Accountability and Transparency in Quivira Water Dispute
Last week, five Kansas counties held a special coordination meeting with the agencies deciding whether to restrict the agricultural use of water in favor of a federal wildlife...
Conservation Easements with Frank Niceley
The Over the Mountain Podcast presents an in-depth discussion on conservation easements and their impact on land preservation.
USDA Cancels $1 Billion in IRA Conservation Grants
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funds granted by the Biden administration that would go directly to environmental organizations were rescinded by the Trump Administration last...
Texas Department of Agriculture STAR Fund Activated to Assist Flooding Victims
We grieve with and pray for all the families who lost their loved ones in the Texas flooding last week. Authorities are still in “recovery” mode searching for the 100s of lost...
Multiple States Continue Biden’s 30×30 Agenda
The Trump administration rescinded Biden’s 30x30 (America the Beautiful) scheme on day one of his second term in office, but multiple states continue the destructive path to...
OPINION: Eminent Threat: Federal Energy Corridor Endangers Eastern New Mexico Farms and Ranches
Written by Bronson Corn June 10, 2025 Eastern New Mexico is in the crosshairs of the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (NIETC). That means livelihoods of many...
Are Federal Lands America’s Balance Sheet?
Margaret Byfield returns to Financial Rebellion to discuss federal land ownership in the western U.S., where it exceeds 80-90% in some states. She highlights proposals aimed at...
BlackRock Continues its March to Monetize Nature
One of the backers behind monetizing natural processes is the largest investment firm in the world, BlockRock. Earlier this year, they released a commentary that notes taxes on...
Gov. Newsom’s About Face on Environmental Regs
Governor Gavin Newsome required his State Assembly to pass two bills - AB 130 and SB 131 to address California’s housing crisis. He made their passage a condition for signing...
The Oil Tycoon and the Philosopher Threatening Big Oil’s Carbon Capture Plans
In a Wall Street Journal story published June 28, the carbon capture issue has become a contentious battle amongst oil titans. On the “opposed” side, both Ben “Bud” Brigham and...
Environmentalists Keep 30×30 Land Acquisition Gains
Senate: On Saturday night, Senator Lee withdrew his federal land sales provision from the budget reconciliation bill. Concerns that the lands would be sold to China, Blackrock...
Perpetuity is Not Working
Back in April, Congresswomen Harriet Hageman (R-WY) and Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) introduced the Landowner Easement Rights Act that limits the term of a conservation easement to 30...
Texas Restricts Foreign Ownership of Land
Texas has enacted legislation, effective September 1, 2025, that imposes sweeping restrictions on the purchase or acquisition of real property by certain foreign individuals,...
The Federal Newswire Lunch Hour Podcast
SPECIAL EPISODE: American Stewards of Liberty Executive Director Margaret Byfield argues that the REINS Act is not radical—it's just common sense. With host Andrew Langer, she...
Rolling Back 30×30 by Reducing the Federal Land Inventory
As reported in last week’s Liberty Matters, Senator Mike Lee from Utah included in the Senate’s FY25 Budget Reconciliation Bill, President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” an...
N.J. Family’s Land Being Taken by Eminent Domain
The Cranberry Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey voted unanimously in May to approve a plan to acquire through eminent domain Andy Henry’s family farm to meet...
Florida Legislators Come to Their Senses
The Florida legislature finally came to their senses last week and approved budget cuts to Governor DeSantis’ flagship conservation land acquisition program known as “Florida...
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